R & C MURRAY LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC368915 · ltd · incorporated 2009-11-23

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Steady and stalled — no momentum either way. Needs an approach trigger.

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

£23.0k

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 99999

Sector: Extraterritorial bodies

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 16.0y

45/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 16.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

6 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

42 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £23,007

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£23k

~ YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Total assets	£23.0k	£23.0k
Debtors	£23.0k	£23.0k
Net assets	£23.0k	£23.0k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2025-09-16
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accounts · AA
2024-09-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-26
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officers · TM01
2024-06-25
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ROCHFORD, Stephen resigned
director
2023-09-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-09-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2018-09-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2017-09-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2016-06-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2015-12-22
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-10-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2014-12-08
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2014-09-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2010-10-04
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ROCHFORD, Stephen appointed
director
2010-07-11
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2009-11-23
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Company incorporated
As R & C MURRAY LIMITED
2009-11-23
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MURRAY, Jean appointed
secretary
2009-11-23
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MURRAY, Colin Mcdonald appointed
director
2009-11-23
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-secretary
2009-11-23
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
corporate-secretary
2009-11-23
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MABBOTT, Stephen George appointed
director
2009-11-23
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MABBOTT, Stephen George resigned
director

Owner dependency

100/100

Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "MURRAY" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

98/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Limehillock Quarries Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Limehillock Quarries Ltd

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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R & C MURRAY LIMITED

This company · SC368915

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Limehillock Quarries Ltd Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2009-11-23

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

9 Glasgow Road

Paisley

PA1 3QS

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-10

Last: 2025-06-26

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

MURRAY, Jean→

secretary · appointed 2009-11-23

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

MURRAY, Colin Mcdonald→

director · ~73y · appointed 2009-11-23

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2009-11-23 · resigned 2009-11-23

Resigned

MABBOTT, Stephen George→

director · ~76y · appointed 2009-11-23 · resigned 2009-11-23

Resigned

ROCHFORD, Stephen→

director · ~66y · appointed 2010-10-04 · resigned 2024-06-25

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Floating charge	1 property	11/07/2010	—

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Recent filings (42 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-09-16

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-07-05

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-09-18

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-06-26

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2024-06-26

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-09-15

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-06-26

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-12-01

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-08-12

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-12-13

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2021-08-30

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-12-11

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2020-12-08

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2019-11-29

accounts-with-accounts-type-small

accounts · AA

2019-09-23